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UNITED STATES JOSEPH E. BROWN AND HENRY H;

PATENT OFFICE.

VVINTERS, OF VICTORIA, KANSAS.

GRAIN-DQOR SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,621, dated December 25, 1900.

Application iiled June 27, 1900.

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that We, JOSEPH E. BROWN and HENRY H. WINTERS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Victoria, in the county of Ellis and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Grain-Door, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a door for box freight-cars, and especially one adapted to carry grain, the door beingconstructed to prevent the leakage of the grain from the car.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. l

Figure 1 is an interior side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the cleat which secures one edge of the door. Y

a represents the car-body, which has the door-opening a. The door b may be of any height desired, or it may be made in a plurality of sections, if preferred. At one side of Athe door-opening a cleat c is rigidly fastened to the car, the cleat having an overhanging portion or ledge c' projecting toward the dooropening and spaced from the side of the car. The inner face of this ledge `is formed with transverse ribs c2, adapted to have the door b driven against them, the side of the door being wedged between the ledge and the car, and the working face of this ledge c' is inclined, so as to facilitate the wedging of the door in place, as illustrated best in Fig. 3. At the opposite side of the door-opening o. the vcar is provided with a bar d, the lower end of which is turned laterally to form a foot which is held to slide transversely of the carina keeper e, and the upper end of which bar d is free, the bar being arranged to be forced against the side of the car by means of a nut serial No. `21,741. (No model.)

d working on a screw d2, fastened rigidly to the car. The inner face of the bar d is formed with projections d3, adapted to engage with the door b, the door being inserted between the bar d and the inner side wall of the car. The door-jamb is formed with avertical groove a2, before which the bar d lies when working with the door b; but when the door is removed and the car used for freight other than grain the bar d is moved up into the groove 01.2, so as to lie flush with the inner side of the car.

In the use of the invention the door b is placed with its lower edge on the floor of the car, and one side of the door is driven between the ledge c and the side of the ear. The thumb-nut d is then tightened to draw the bar d against one side of the door, thus firmly and rigidly holding the door in place. When it is desired to open the door, the bar d may be released and the door may then he readily disengaged from the ledge c.

This invention does not hinder in any way the use of the car for purposes other than carrying grain, since the parts c and d occupy very little space and are not in the way of the load in the car.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A railway-car grain-door fastening, comprising a cleat with an overhanging portion or ledge, the inner face of which is formed with transverse ribs adapted to be engaged by the grain-door to hold one end in place, the cleat being fastened rigidly to the railwaycar at one side of the door-opening, a bar arranged at the other side of the door-opening and having its lower end turned laterally to form a foot, a. keeper fastened on the floor of the car loosely to receive the foot of the bar, and means at the upper end of the bar for drawing the same toward the car-body, to clamp the grain-door between the bar and the 2. A railway-car grain-door fastening, coinprising means at one side of the door-opening for holding one end of the grain-door, a bar at the other side of the door-opening, the bar being disposed vertically and having its lower .names to this specification in the presence of end turned horizontally to form a foot, a two subscribing witnesses. keeper on the 11001' of the car, in which keeper- JOSEPH E. BROWN. the foot 1s loosely mounted and means at the 5 upper end of the'bar for drawing the bar to- HENRY H' WINTERS Ward the car-body to clamp the grain-door Witnesses:

between the bar and the ear. B. BRUNGARDT,

In testimony whereof We have signed oui` F. W. GROSS. 

